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Ireland, the King Salmon

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Glittering lakes, lazy rivers rushing down from the wild mountains to sneak through green fields toward the rugged Atlantic coast, Ireland is a fisherman’s dream made of a huge network of rivers and loughs, one of the last refuges for wild salmon attracting worlwide anglers every year. Thanks in part to its appeal to European aristocrats in centuries past, Atlantic salmon fishing has been dubbed the sport of kings because the perpetually tea-colored waters of the rivers, thanks to the peat deposits along their banks, host impressive numbers of returning Atlantic salmon. The Atlantic Salmon, “Bradán” in Gaelic, is a native Irish fish, and an elusive and complicated search for any angler, including the season, the weather conditions or the time of day. Salmon can be caught in Irish waters from January through to October and the biggest run of salmon begin in June but the‘Springers’, the magnificent spring salmon with an average of nine pounds are the most glorious thing for the anglers, especially on the fly. Currently a salmon over 20 pounds is classified as a specimen fish and only a small number of these are recorded annually.
The rugged beauty of the Atlantic coast is where you’ll find most of Ireland’s great fishing houses, luxury lodges specialized in fishing vacations. Ireland could be an easy and affordable angling experience if you know how, but it won’t be on the Internet, or you can pay expensive packages for the local knowledge of the established fisheries. Elegant georgian country houses as Newport House or Enniscoe House in Mayo County or Delphy Lodge in Connemara, where fly fishermen have been coming for centuries, known for some of the most inspiring landscape scenery in Ireland. Beginners and experienced anglers are strongly advised to hire the services of a "ghillie", something between an amazing butler on the banks of a river and a local guide that know the best flies, appropriate tackle and local fishing lore, ensuring the best fishing experience, and lot of amazing fishing gossip, without any name of course. On many Irish salmon rivers one cannot merely show up and begin angling, instead you must lease a beat which entitles you to fish a section of river for a predetermined amount of time. Any angler takes its place with proper etiquette, spaced every 50 meters throughout the pool, take two steps, cast, take two steps, and then return to the top of the pool and proceed through again.
Salmon angling in Ireland is much more than a fishing experience, is the discovering of romantic ruins of churches and castles, or Iron Age forts built before Christ was born and lakes where you may choose a different island every day, and a real and tough challenge with the King Salmon.

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  • Salmon angler on the Bundorragha  river, not far from Delphy Lodge, a Georgian Country House celebrated worldwide by salmon anglers. Georgian Country House celebrated worldwide by salmon anglers.
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  • Salmon angler on the Bundorragha  river, not far from Delphy Lodge, a Georgian Country House celebrated worldwide by salmon anglers. Georgian Country House celebrated worldwide by salmon anglers.
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  • Salmon angler on the Bundorragha  river, not far from Delphy Lodge, a Georgian Country House celebrated worldwide by salmon anglers. Georgian Country House celebrated worldwide by salmon anglers.
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  • Salmon angler on the Bundorragha  river, not far from Delphy Lodge, a Georgian Country House celebrated worldwide by salmon anglers. Georgian Country House celebrated worldwide by salmon anglers.
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  • Doo Lugh, celebrated by salmon anglers and not far from Delphy Lodge, a Georgian Country House celebrated worldwide by salmon anglers.
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  • Doo Lugh, celebrated by salmon anglers and not far from Delphy Lodge, a Georgian Country House celebrated worldwide by salmon anglers.
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  • Doo Lugh, celebrated by salmon anglers and not far from Delphy Lodge, a Georgian Country House celebrated worldwide by salmon anglers.
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  • Doo Lugh, celebrated by salmon anglers, on the foreground the monument remembering the Doolough Tragedy  that took place during the Great Irish Famine on 1849. The people in receipt of outdoor relief was instructed to appear at Delphi Lodge at 07:00 the following morning if they wished to continue receiving relief. For much of the night and day hundreds of starving people had to undertake  an extremely fatiguing journey, in very bad weather and shortly afterwards the bodies of seven people, including women and children,were  discovered on the roadside between Delphi and Louisburgh.
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  • Doo Lugh, celebrated by salmon anglers and not far from Delphy Lodge, a Georgian Country House celebrated worldwide by salmon anglers.
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  • Doo Lugh, celebrated by salmon anglers and not far from Delphy Lodge, a Georgian Country House celebrated worldwide by salmon anglers.
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  • Landscape near Doo Luogh, a place celebrated worldwide by salmon anglers.
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  • Delphy Lodge, a 1830s country house, fishing lodge and hotel in one of the most spectacular settings between Mayo County and Connemara.  Located in a wild and unspoilt valley the 1000-acre Delphi estate i overlooks the lakes and rivers of the Delphi valley famous for their salmon and seatrout fishing.
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  • Delphy Lodge, a 1830s country house, fishing lodge and hotel in one of the most spectacular settings between Mayo County and Connemara.  Located in a wild and unspoilt valley the 1000-acre Delphi estate i overlooks the lakes and rivers of the Delphi valley famous for their salmon and seatrout fishing.
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  • Delphy Lodge, a 1830s country house, fishing lodge and hotel in one of the most spectacular settings between Mayo County and Connemara.  Located in a wild and unspoilt valley the 1000-acre Delphi estate i overlooks the lakes and rivers of the Delphi valley famous for their salmon and seatrout fishing.
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  • Delphy Lodge, a 1830s country house, fishing lodge and hotel in one of the most spectacular settings between Mayo County and Connemara.  Located in a wild and unspoilt valley the 1000-acre Delphi estate i overlooks the lakes and rivers of the Delphi valley famous for their salmon and seatrout fishing.
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  • Delphy Lodge, a 1830s country house, fishing lodge and hotel in one of the most spectacular settings between Mayo County and Connemara.  Located in a wild and unspoilt valley the 1000-acre Delphi estate i overlooks the lakes and rivers of the Delphi valley famous for their salmon and seatrout fishing.
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  • Delphy Lodge, a 1830s country house, fishing lodge and hotel in one of the most spectacular settings between Mayo County and Connemara.  Located in a wild and unspoilt valley the 1000-acre Delphi estate i overlooks the lakes and rivers of the Delphi valley famous for their salmon and seatrout fishing.
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  • Delphy Lodge, a 1830s country house, fishing lodge and hotel in one of the most spectacular settings between Mayo County and Connemara.  Located in a wild and unspoilt valley the 1000-acre Delphi estate i overlooks the lakes and rivers of the Delphi valley famous for their salmon and seatrout fishing.
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  • Delphy Lodge, a 1830s country house, fishing lodge and hotel in one of the most spectacular settings between Mayo County and Connemara.  Located in a wild and unspoilt valley the 1000-acre Delphi estate i overlooks the lakes and rivers of the Delphi valley famous for their salmon and seatrout fishing.
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  • Delphy Lodge, a 1830s country house, fishing lodge and hotel in one of the most spectacular settings between Mayo County and Connemara.  Located in a wild and unspoilt valley the 1000-acre Delphi estate i overlooks the lakes and rivers of the Delphi valley famous for their salmon and seatrout fishing.
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  • Delphy Lodge, a 1830s country house, fishing lodge and hotel in one of the most spectacular settings between Mayo County and Connemara.  Located in a wild and unspoilt valley the 1000-acre Delphi estate i overlooks the lakes and rivers of the Delphi valley famous for their salmon and seatrout fishing.
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  • Mayo County. The lunch box for a salmon angler at Newport House”,  a elegant Georgian country house, celebrated worldwide for salmon fishing.
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  • Mayo County. The lunch box for a salmon angler at Newport House”,  a elegant Georgian country house, celebrated worldwide for salmon fishing.
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  • Mayo County. The "ghillie" Eamonn Kennedy. The Ghillies acts as guides, helping the salmon anglers. Eamonn works for Newport House”,  a elegant Georgian country house, celebrated worldwide by salmon anglers.
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  • Mayo County. The "ghillie" Eamonn Kennedy. The Ghillies acts as guides, helping the salmon anglers. Eamonn works for Newport House”,  a elegant Georgian country house, celebrated worldwide by salmon anglers.
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  • Mayo County. The "ghillie" Eamonn Kennedy. The Ghillies acts as guides, helping the salmon anglers. Eamonn works for Newport House”,  a elegant Georgian country house, celebrated worldwide by salmon anglers.
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  • Mayo County. The "ghillie" Eamonn Kennedy. The Ghillies acts as guides, helping the salmon anglers. Eamonn works for Newport House”,  a elegant Georgian country house, celebrated worldwide by salmon anglers.
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  • Mayo County. The "ghillie" Eamonn Kennedy. The Ghillies acts as guides, helping the salmon anglers. Eamonn works for Newport House”,  a elegant Georgian country house, celebrated worldwide by salmon anglers.
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  • Mayo County. The "ghillie" Eamonn Kennedy. The Ghillies acts as guides, helping the salmon anglers. Eamonn works for Newport House”,  a elegant Georgian country house, celebrated worldwide by salmon anglers.
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  • Mayo County. Newport House”,  a elegant Georgian country house, celebrated worldwide by salmon nanglers.
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  • Mayo County. Newport House”,  a elegant Georgian country house, celebrated worldwide by salmon nanglers.
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  • Mayo County. Newport House”,  a elegant Georgian country house, celebrated worldwide by salmon nanglers.
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  • Mayo County. Newport House”,  a elegant Georgian country house, celebrated worldwide by salmon nanglers.
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  • Mayo County. Newport House”,  a elegant Georgian country house, celebrated worldwide by salmon nanglers.
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  • Mayo County. Newport House”,  a elegant Georgian country house, celebrated worldwide by salmon nanglers.
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  • Mayo County. Newport House”,  a elegant Georgian country house, celebrated worldwide by salmon nanglers.
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  • Mayo County. Newport House”,  a elegant Georgian country house, celebrated worldwide by salmon nanglers.
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  • Mayo County. Newport House”,  a elegant Georgian country house, celebrated worldwide by salmon nanglers.
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  • Mayo County. Newport House”,  a elegant Georgian country house, celebrated worldwide by salmon nanglers.
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  • Mayo County. Newport House”,  a elegant Georgian country house, celebrated worldwide by salmon nanglers.
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  • Mayo County. Newport House”,  a elegant Georgian country house, celebrated worldwide by salmon nanglers.
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  • Lough Conn lake, Ian Wise, the ghillie of Cloonamoynefishery near Enniscoe house. The ghillies are the traditional guides for salmon anglers.
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  • Lough Conn lake, Ian Wise, the ghillie of Cloonamoynefishery near Enniscoe house. The ghillies are the traditional guides for salmon anglers.
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  • Lough Conn lake, Ian Wise, the ghillie of Cloonamoynefishery near Enniscoe house. The ghillies are the traditional guides for salmon anglers.
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  • Lough Conn lake, fishing rods at Cloonamoyne fishery near Enniscoe house.
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  • Enniscoe House,“the last Great House of North Mayo”, a classical Georgian family home near Lough Conn loved by salmon anglers. The Enniscoe Estate has been in the family since the 1650’s and the house dates from the 1790’s.
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  • Enniscoe House,“the last Great House of North Mayo”, a classical Georgian family home near Lough Conn loved by salmon anglers. The Enniscoe Estate has been in the family since the 1650’s and the house dates from the 1790’s.
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  • Enniscoe House,“the last Great House of North Mayo”, a classical Georgian family home near Lough Conn loved by salmon anglers. The Enniscoe Estate has been in the family since the 1650’s and the house dates from the 1790’s.
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  • Enniscoe House,“the last Great House of North Mayo”, a classical Georgian family home near Lough Conn loved by salmon anglers. The Enniscoe Estate has been in the family since the 1650’s and the house dates from the 1790’s.
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  • Enniscoe House,“the last Great House of North Mayo”, a classical Georgian family home near Lough Conn loved by salmon anglers. The Enniscoe Estate has been in the family since the 1650’s and the house dates from the 1790’s.
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  • Enniscoe House,“the last Great House of North Mayo”, a classical Georgian family home near Lough Conn loved by salmon anglers. The Enniscoe Estate has been in the family since the 1650’s and the house dates from the 1790’s.
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  • Enniscoe House,“the last Great House of North Mayo”, a classical Georgian family home near Lough Conn loved by salmon anglers. The Enniscoe Estate has been in the family since the 1650’s and the house dates from the 1790’s.
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  • Enniscoe House,“the last Great House of North Mayo”, a classical Georgian family home near Lough Conn loved by salmon anglers. The Enniscoe Estate has been in the family since the 1650’s and the house dates from the 1790’s.
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  • Ballynahinch Castle. Preparing the bait for salmon angling on Owenmore River.
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  • Ballynahinch Castle. Preparing the bait for salmon angling on Owenmore River.
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  • Ballynahinch Castle. Preparing the bait for salmon angling on Owenmore River.
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  • Ballynahinch Castle. A ghillie, traditional guide for salmon anglers, on Lough Fadda.
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  • Ballynahinch Castle. A ghillie, traditional guide for salmon anglers, on Lough Fadda.
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  • Ballinahynch Castle. A ghillie, the traditional guides for salmon anglers on the Owenmore river near Ballinahynch Castle.
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  • Mayo County: Lough Beltra lake, a cup of tea for salmon fishermen.
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  • Mayo County. “Newport Country House”, salmon fishing.
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  • Mayo County. “Newport Country House”, salmon fishing.
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  • Mayo County. “Newport Country House”, salmon fishing.
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  • Mayo County: “Newport House”,  a elegant Georgian country house, where salmons fishing is the main raison for staying.
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  • Mayo County. Salmon fishing at “Newport Country House”. The Ghillies acts as guides, helping the fishermen.
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  • Mayo County. Salmon fishing at “Newport Country House”. The Ghillies acts as guides, helping the fishermen.
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  • Mayo County. Salmon fishing at “Newport Country House”. The Ghillies acts as guides, helping the fishermen.
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  • Doo Lugh, celebrated by salmon anglers and not far from Delphy Lodge, a Georgian Country House celebrated worldwide by salmon anglers.
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  • Ballynahinch Castle, one of Ireland's finest luxury castle hotels. Set in a private 700 acre estate in the heart of Connemara, this castle hotel is a famous salmon fishery,
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